Phonograph cabinet and table



gvvuz'niow E J Collin 0111 E. J COLLINSON ET AL PHONOGRAPH CABINET AND TABLE. FILED MAY 15, 1920 Jan. 30, 1923.

Pa'tented Jan. 30, 1923.

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EDWARD J. coLLmsoN AND ABRAHAM Honours, or CLEVELAND, 01110.

PHONOGRAPH CABINET AND TABLE.

Application filed May 15,

'1 '0 all whom it may 607M767"!!! Be it knwn that we, EDWARD J. (-onmNsoN and ABRAHAM HonoiNs, both citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of (.uyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lhonograph Cabinets and Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to phonograph cabinets and tables, and has for its principal object to provide a table of such construction that it is also a cabinet for a phonograph.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device ofsaid character in which a phonograph is supported by a drawer slidable within the table, and said drawer is so balanced that it requires little effort to move the same.

A further object of the invention is toprovide a device of said character, in which the phonograph may be played when the drawer is entirely within the table or withdrawn therefrom.

IVith the above and other objects in view as will be readily understood, the invention will be hereafter fully described as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and the novel feature thereof will be distinctly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference are used to designate corresponding parts.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a phonographcabinet and table constructed in accordance with our invention, with a portion of the side panel broken away,

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of same,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view similar to Fig. 1, the side panel being removed to more clearly show the construction, and

Fig. 4 is an end sectional View taken on line l4 of Fig. 3.

' Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the top of a table sup-ported by legs 2. The top of the table forms the upper side of a casing,

the bottom of which consists of a central.

board 3 and lower arranged boards 4 and 5 at each end thereof. Transversely extending boards 6 and 7 close the spaces between the central bottom board 3 and the lower bottom boards at and 5. The board 7 extends to the top of the table. Side panels 8 and 9, an end panel 10 and end door 11 complete said casing. By this construction there is provided a casing having a central compartment 12 and deeper end compartments 18 and 14.

1920. Serial N0.'381,715.

The compartment 14 is provided with shelves 143 for phonograph records. In the end panel 10 is provided a central opening 16, for receiving a. drawer 17, which is adapted to be moved longitudinally in and out of the end compartment 13. The drawer 17 carries a phonograph indicated by 18, the horn 19 of which is supported by the drawer and extends from the rear end thereof into the central compartment 12 of the casing. An elongated sound opening is provided in the side panel 8 and covered by a screen 20 in the usual manner. Said sound opening is so positioned and of sufficient length that the discharge end 21 of the horn 19, will be opposite the same when the drawer 17 is within Its compartment or is moved to its out position.

For supporting the drawer 17 so that it may be moved back and. forth without much effort, a pair of. strap brackets 22 and 23 are fixed to the sides of the drawer and they incline rearwardly with their upper ends 24 and 25 respectively extending rearwardly. Pairs of rollers as 26 and 27 are carried by the rearwardly extending ends 24 and 25 of the strap brackets, and said rollers ride upon longitudinal tracks 28 and 29. which are fixed to the underside of the table top. The strap brackets 22 and 23 are so positioned and fixed to the sides of the drawer 17, that said drawer carrying the phonograph and its horn is balanced as each side of said strap brackets and the full weight thereof is supported by the pairs of rollers 26.and 27 upon the tracks 28 and 29, thereby permitting the drawer to be moved in and out with little effort. F or limiting the outward movement of the drawer 17, the upper ends 24 and 25 of the strap brackets engage a stop bar 30 fixed to the top of the table. In order to prevent the' tilting of the drawer when out by someone carelessly putting their weight thereupon, suitable clips 31 and 32 are fixed to the ends 24 and 25 of the strap brackets, and, their outwardly turned ends 33 and 34 are adapted to engage the undersides of the tracks 28 and 29.

From the drawings and description, it is obvious that the drawer 17 may be moved in or out of its compartment 13 with ease, that when the drawer is out the phonograph records may conveniently and readily be applied or removed, and that the phonograph may be played with equally good results when the drawer is in or out as the discharge end of the horn will be opposite the sound opening in either position.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In a phonograph cabinet and table, the combination of a table having a casing, a drawer for carrying a phonograph adapted to be moved in and out of said casing, the horn of the phonograph extending from the inner end of the drawer, brackets fixed to the drawer and extending rearwardly thereof and thereabove, tracks, rollers upon the tracks and supporting the up er ends of the brackets, and said brackets eing so positioned with relation to the drawer that the.

drawer is balanced, substantially as described.

2. In a phonograph cabinet and table, the combination of a table having a casing, a drawer for carrying a phonograph adapted to be moved in and out of said casing, the horn of the phonograph extending from the inner end of the drawer, brackets fixed to the sides of the drawer and near its inner end, the brackets projecting above the drawer and having rearwardly extendingv ends, tracks, rollers fixed to the rearwardly extending ends of the brackets adaptedto travel upon said tracks, and said brackets being so positioned with relation to the inner end of the drawer that the drawer is balanced, substantially as described.

3. In a phonograph cabinet and table, the combination of a table having a casing, a drawer for carrying a phonograph adapted to be moved in and. out of said casing, the horn of the phonograph extendin from the inner end of the drawer, brackets xed to the sides of the drawer and near its inner end, the brackets projectinn' above the drawer and having rearwar 1y extending ends, tracks, rollers fixed to the re arwardly ex tending ends of the brackets adapted to travel upon said tracks, said brackets being so positioned with relation to the inner end of the drawer that the drawer is balanced. and clips fixed to the rearwardly extending ends of the brackets adapted to engage said tracks in case an overbalancingweight is put upon said drawer when out to prevent overbalancing thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

EDWARD J. COLLINSON. ABRAHAM HODGINS. 

